Malan and Ali got the visitors off to the perfect start in the morning

The second day at the Gabba started with the visitors resuming their first innings of 196-4 with Dawid Malan 28 not out and Moeen Ali 13 not out.

The pair started the morning session brilliantly as the pair took their partnership past the 50 mark as well as Malan moving his own personal score past the 50 mark.

Malan's dismissal sparked a massive collapse for the visitors as they made it to 302

With the partnership on 83 though, the hosts finally got a much-needed breakthrough as Mitchell Starc removed Malan for 56.

The fall of that wicket sparked a remarkable collapse for the visitors as Ali fell soon after for 38 off the bowling of Nathan Lyon.

Lyon then removed Chris Woakes in his next over for a duck as the hosts lost three wickets for four runs.

After a brief period of calmness, the Aussies got another wicket when Pat Cummins removed Jonny Bairstow for nine to leave the score on 270-8.

Jake Ball and Stuart Broad counter-attacked after that to get the England score past the 300 mark but Starc removed Ball for 14 and Josh Hazlewood removed Broad for 20 as the visitors finished their first innings on 302 as the morning session ended.

Smith and Marsh's battling partnership led the Aussies fightback in the final session of the day

After tea, though, the partnership was broken in the first over as James Anderson removed Handscomb for 14 after a successful review for lbw.

That would turn out to be the final wicket of the day though as alongside Smith, Marsh showed his class as the pair took their partnership passed the 50 mark.

During the unbroken partnership of 89 Smith also passed his own 50, setting down a marker for the rest of series as the hosts finished the day on 165-4, 137 runs behind England with Smith 64 not out and Marsh 44 not out.